Mapp & Lucia (1985 TV series)
| Mapp & Lucia | |
|---|---|
Complete series DVD cover | |
| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Based on | Mapp and Lucia by E.F. Benson |
| Written by | Gerald Savory |
| Directed by | Donald McWhinnie |
| Starring | Geraldine McEwan Prunella Scales Nigel Hawthorne Denis Lill Irene Handl |
| Theme music composer | Jim Parker |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Nick Elliott |
| Producer | Michael Dunlop |
| Running time | 48−51 minutes |
| Production company | LWT |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 4 |
| Release | 14 April 1985 – 31 May 1986 |
Mapp & Lucia is a British television series, set in the fictional Sussex coastal town of Tilling and based on three 1930s novels by E. F. Benson, beginning with Mapp and Lucia. It was produced by London Weekend Television, filmed in Rye (on which Benson based Tilling) and neighbouring Winchelsea in the 1980s, and starred Prunella Scales as Mapp, Geraldine McEwan as Lucia, Nigel Hawthorne as Georgie, and Denis Lill as Major Benjy. The script was by Gerald Savory. There were ten episodes, (which aired in two series of five) broadcast on Channel 4 in 1985 and 1986. The opening title painting was painted by the artist Reg Cartwright. These have been repeated over the years, and a new BBC adaptation, Mapp & Lucia, aired in 2014.
Series one is a five-episode adaptation of Mapp and Lucia (1931). Season two adapts both the fifth book (Lucia's Progress, 1935) in the first three episodes, and the sixth book (Trouble for Lucia, 1939) in the final two episodes.